Had my PDI yesterday:
1) Take your time, the rep gives you a window of an hour and half, dont be rushed, I went a bit over and he already had his shoes on ready to go, so I made him wait. I walked around prior to the PDI and made him stand there, gathered my thoughts, and did the same after the PDI - I know he thought I was a bit anal.
2) Hardwood was installed very well, with minor dents in some places - he insisted that you need to check with a 1.5metre distance, but I got on my knees and inspected throughly.
3) Check your tiling well, especially the corners, some tiles were cut incorrectly resulting in gaps at the edges.
4) Walls were done well, biggest issues was touchups were not painted over, but take your time and put your head against the walls to see where they did not do a second coat. I had some areas where the primer was showing.
5) Bring a phone charger to make sure all outlets are spitting out voltage.
6) Kitchen cabinetry, open them one by one to check hinges are installed correctly, I had one where it was scrapping against the panel, just stand there and swing them back and forth and see if youre happy with it. As well, check all pieces are installed correctly inside, I had a couple issues where the screws were not tightened leaving gaps.
7) Window sills were exeptionally dirty and needed the most touchs up, take your time with that.
8) Adjust the temp, AC unit, as you would normally.
9) Washer/Dryer, there alot of issues that could come up in the area, so take your time
10) Check grout work carefully throughout.
11) Shut off valve for the water is located under the sink in the bathroom, try it out and make sure all is well.
12) Biggest annoyance for me was the toilet paper, towel rack and soap holder were installed - I clearly stated during the upgrade session these are not to be put in, so I am making them remove them and clean up. Same goes for the cabinet handles, the tradesman started to drill holes and reread the work and saw that no handles were to be put it, so I am making them replace the faces on the cabinets.
13) Did anyone notice the short ceiling height of the bathroom? This is a biggest disappointed - I expected 8 foot ceilings due to the 9 feet through the unit.
14) The rep did not write everything down when we were pointing them out - keep a tab of things so when you review them, nothing is missed.
15) Balcony looked very rough
16) Surprised of how clean it was - a few people here said it was dusty, but I found it quite the opposite.
17) Check for spider cracks, chips etc on all windows.
Pictures to follow - 24 hours to go!